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Answer» Just wanted to know what: My guess. Can you at least look something up before you respond like that. You878, it is a gaming keyboard that polls much faster than regular keyboards. It just makes the keyboard a lot more responsive for gaming. Here is a write up on it by the manufacturer.Thanks for the reply. It looks like an interesting feature, but I wonder if it is really worth $99...I've never had "ghosting" problems with "normal" inexpensive keyboards.I haven't fallen prey to ghosting EITHER, that could be something that you see more in one game than an other though. It would be a nice match for a high end gaming mouse though.I've never found "gaming" oriented Keyboards or Mice worth their premiums; why is it that a typist is able to type at hundreds of words a minute on a standard, solid keyboard and yet gamers need "special" keyboards for their games? the standard FPS games use a few keys and even the fastest reactions and uses of them never exceed a good typists speed. The only real difference between a "gaming" keyboard and a regular keyboard is the manufacturers decide that they should group the keyboard buttons based on the common functions in games; for example, WASD, which are commonly used for forward/strafe left/strafe right/backpedal in first person shooters, can sometimes be found separated from the rest of the keyboard keys, as well as even having peculiar designs. Gaming Mice are in general more sensitive; this is the only mechanical difference, and they have a lot more buttons usually, too; but the higher DPI really has absolutely no real advantage in games or otherwise- all it serves to do is make mouse movements more sensitive. It doesn't improve "accuracy", because the accuracy is completely based on the games coordinates and accuracy more then it is based on mouse sensitivity. I've never seen the big draw to higher DPI mice, in my opinion, it's overkill, since any basic mouse is able to "accurately" point to any pixel on the screen, and the purported technologies that manufacturers claim are present in the mouse are already present in the Base-level operating system driver. (for example, "exponential pointer acceleration" is a common buzzword but it is easily obtained by checking off "improve pointer accuracy". Back to the topic, I believe "ghosting" is found when the key "bounces"; the theory is that during intense gameplay (which of course never makes any strenous demands on the keyboard anyway) that the keys are more susceptible to this bounce- like Quantos I've never experienced any sort of bounce or other strange ANOMALY from any of my keyboards, and I assure you my typing endeavors put a far greater strain on the keyboard then any sort of gaming use. WASD cluster might simply mean they separated WASD into a separate section, much like they do the arrow keys or the pgup page down set of keys. This is something I could never use myself, but if somebody purely games and never has to do any sort of typing I can see it's attraction. Basically- there really is no reason whatsoever, to spend extra on a "gaming" keyboard or mouse- the very same qualities that make a mouse or keyboard good for games are also the type of features one should simply be looking for in a keyboard to begin with. Personally, I'm very picky about my keyboards and I get very colicky if my standard setup is messed up by some do-gooder manufacturer. Currently, my desktop uses a cheaper MS MODEL keyboard, the "wired 500" my selection of this keyboard was based on several of the top factors that I consider important: tactile feedback- this is something specific to each person, but what it means is how "clicky" the keys are; I prefer a strong tactile feedback and an audible click otherwise my autonomous typing system get's confused and I inevitably forget what I'm typing. key CONFIGURATION: While the alphabetic keys are universally QWERTY for almost any keyboard I might select, manufacturers seem to have a different idea of the best setup of all the other keys; on of the most important for me is the setup of the Home/End/Pageup/Pagedown Insert/Del block of keys; I use these keys without looking down, and getting used to a new keyboard with a different configuration of these keys is a long process that I'd rather not repeat often. Another area of importance for me that one would traditionaly consider unimportance is the configuration of the F-keys on the top of the keyboard. Some dopey designers have decided to break the standard F1-F4,F5-F8, etc separations and instead seperate them differently. I have a wireless keyboard that separates them every 4 keys. I could never get used to that setup and have been unable to use that keyboard in everyday use. Since I type and edit "blindly" most of the time, the size of the keys and their relative positions are extremely important. Problems arise for me when designers try to "improve" the keyboards ergonomics by making some keys larger and others smaller; one critical area that bears much of this sizing burden and seems different on nearly every keyboard is the configuration of the right side of the alphabetic keyboard; return/enter key sizes differ, the slash and backslash differ in both position and size, and in general causes me much anguish. as I hit backspace instead of backslash or something equally ridiculous (one of my keyboards simply has a small key with a left facing arrow for a backslash, as if it isn't used a lot or something. Laptop keyboards are the only keyboards where I am relatively unconcerned with key configuration, since in general I only use my LAPTOPS for light browsing, e-mail, and in this case, posting. However, my selection of my Toshiba Satellite was based solely on my previous experiences with an older toshiba satellite 440CDX, and the key configuration was nearly the same with some marked improvements, so adjusting to it was a simple matter.Quote from: Quantos on November 13, 2009, 07:43:42 PM Can you at least look something up before you respond like that.OK. I took a look. No other keyboard is even close. If you want a gaming keyboard, that is about it. Unless you want to build y0ur own. Anyway, I still think you don't need it. But if you want it, nothing I say will make any difference. But I do like the Logo: (Use right click and set as wallpaper, tile. Use black background.) Re: ghosting: I was actualy wrong about what it meant, heh. seems like a strange name though- ghosting... it was a built in "flaw" of the original keyboard controller.I would have to agree with BC on the gaming keyboard and mouse idea. I play a lot of comp games and have tried multiple types of gaming mice and keyboards and have yet to see any difference in any of them. If you currently have a keyboard and mouse that you are physically comfortable with using just continue using them. |
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